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Paul McCartney headlining Glastonbury in 2022.

Why Paul McCartney, at 82, cannot let it be

Back on tour last month, the legendary songman is still hungry for appreciation and intent on settling old scores.

  • Helen Thompson

December 2023

Agnieszka Pilat’s painting robot dogs.

What robot dogs, Yoko Ono and a $1m potato reveal about humanity

The theme of artificial intelligence and its impact on art and society runs deeply through the NGV’s Triennial exhibition opening this weekend.

  • Patrick Durkin

November 2023

Called ‘Now And Then’, the song has been 45 years in the making - with the first bars written by John Lennon in 1978 and the song finally completed last year.

Almost impossible-to-believe Beatles track drops

Titled “Now and Then,” the recording is the first and only original Beatles recording of the 21st century.

  • Maria Sherman

June 2023

Due to the capabilities of AI, a new Beatles song, featuring John Lennon’s voice, will be released this year.

AI helps complete ‘last’ Beatles song with John Lennon’s voice

More than 50 years after the Beatles broke up, Paul McCartney said artificial intelligence helped create one last song that will be released later this year.

  • Derrick Bryson Taylor

March 2023

Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono at 90 finally shakes off the Beatles burden

In recent years, the reclusive avant garde artist’s work has been recognised as significant and pioneering.

  • Jim Windolf

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